"When Tatyana continued basking me with letters containing
the warmth of alleged love, I contacted a Russian acquaintance
for a heart-to-heart. Surprisingly, the woman told me that
she had worked for an international marriage agency, occasionally
working as a translator for a couple who had been paired and
had their first meeting with the Russian woman not knowing
English or the man Russian. Unable to determine from the letters
Tatyanas sincerity, she advised me to be wary of scams
and to Google for agencies that can detect them. ..."
- read
full story , source: Huntington
News, WV (HNN)

"How many men have grown frustrated with their never
ending status as lonely, unwanted nice guys who
are finishing last? The Internet has opened numerous possibilities
for singles to write, instant message, and talk and eventually
meet other compatible singles with similar desires and interests.
While some American men have simply written off the new assertive
women in the states, they have learned through computer communications
that some ladies in other countries actually like to express
their femininity, desire children, and still long for an old-fashioned
soul mate. ..." - read
full story , source: Huntington
News, WV (HNN)

"He says his job as a Moscow gumshoe is right out of
the movies. His name is Vladimir, an undercover detective
hunting down Russian women who bill themselves online as brides.
As CBS News Correspondent Thalia Assuras reports, their prey
is American men. "They suck out $3,000 to $5,000, then
simply disappear," he says..." - read
full story , source: CBS
News

"A Canadian man in love with an imaginary Russian woman
has helped Yekaterinburg police arrest a couple behind an
Internet scam that cheated love-struck foreigners out of thousands
of dollars ..." - read
full story , source: Moscow
Times

"As she sends e-mail with her photograph to men around
the world, Nadezhda Medvedeva calls to the lonely in just
the right voice. If circumstances were different, she might
make a fine wife. She is young, brown-eyed..." - read
full story , source: The Record (Waterloo Region)

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the arrest
of two alleged marriage agency fraudsters after a Sydney man
wrote to him, saying he had been conned by a sexy young Russian
brunette offering marriage over the internet... " - read
full story , source: smh.com.au

"San Diego, California - John R. Kingston, Acting Special
Agent in Charge, San Diego Division of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, today announces the arrests of two individuals
on charges of Conspiracy and Wire Fraud... " - read
full story

"This arrest was a result of investigation by the Ministry
of Home Affairs of Russia after a complaint filed by a US
sitizen, who informed the Ministry of Home Affairs that he
lost more then $2000 due to the fraudulent activities of the
scammer from Yoshkar-Ola. We assume that some other complaints
from citizens of USA, Canada and Australia were made, as they
were mentioned in the report.The following investigation resulted
in arrest of 4 people: 2 men and 2 women. Men were writing
letters. Women were used to receive money transfers. According
to the article in the news, women were paid $50 for each pick
up, no matter how big or small the pick up was. One of the
men working with this group has already been convicted of
crimes related to Russian Computer Law, which generally covers
computer fraud, hacking, etc. Investigators announced, that
they will need to figure out how long the group has been active,
but even now they estimate the earnings made by this group
in hundreds of thousands of US dollars. " - tralstaed
from source: Vesti.ru